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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Ali Harb

Rights groups warn Biden against re-blacklisting Yemen’s Houthis

The war has brought Yemen to the verge of famine, sparking what the UN says is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]

Washington, DC – When the Biden administration revoked the “terrorist” group label from Yemen’s Houthi rebels last February, it cited the potentially “devastating” effects that the designation would have on Yemeni civilians’ access to life-saving humanitarian aid.

But less than a year later, President Joe Biden has said re-designating the group is “under consideration“, a move advocates and rights groups say is not only disappointing but dangerous.

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